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- : - V '. i'/ ?-'- Zv:*-^ ~y}t:ir//'v ' " ' V-'V. '";'^.-*vVv". ^ . The Fort Mill Times I Established in 1891. FORT MILL, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1916. $1.25 Per Year. NOW DISTRIBUTING HOUSE JOURNAL FOURTEEN HUNDRED PAGE VOLUME 18 REARRANGED AND IMPROVED SOME. I 9 PALMETTO CAPITOL NEWS I General New* of 8outh Carolina Collected and Condensed From The State Capital That Will Prove ef Interest to All Our Readers. Columbia. v * Copies ot the journal of the house of representatives for the recent session became available, the clerk, J. Wilson Gibbes. having done diligent and 8Kilf*#*work in compiling the volumt of nearly 1,400 pages. Mrs. Virginia Green Moody, the state librarian. 1h dispatching copies to members and such other persons as are entitled by law to receive them. Mr. Glbbes has introduced several innovations, which, though they devolvod on him much tedious and arduous labor, make the book much more practically helpful and more readily available to those having occasion to use it. Most valuable of the new features, perhaps, is the subject Index, in which the gist Is given of oach act. Preparation of this section meant for the clerk the careful reading and digesting of | every act. The arrangement serves all ] iu?? purposes hi view oetter than the eld method of a mere collocation of tides. Another capital improvement Is the addition of a section wherein may bo traced easily the history of a bill, resolution or claim from introduction to final disposition. There is a useful nerBonal index of representatives from which may be ascertained each member's recoril for tho session. The volume contains also the usual standard conveniences. The typography has been rocaBt into a comely, convenient and readable dress. New 60 Hour Law Misunderstood. Concerning the new 60 hour law for the textile plants of the state, E. J. Watson, commissioner Of agriculture, commerce and industries, said: "Operatives In some of the mill districts of the state in some manner seem to have gotton the idea that the new 60 hour law. requiring that no employe except thoee exempted by law can work longei than 11 hours in one day or 60 hours in one week, meant that every mill should shut down absolutely at the noon hour,, Such is not the requirement of the law. "The law takeB no cognizance whatever of the time that machinery is run. It does emphatically require. ' however, that the human machine, the operative, shall not be worked exceeding 11 hours in one day or 60 hours in one week. The purpose of the law Is to protect the individual man or woman and to require the mill to employ spare help for the operation of ma- | chinery In excess of hours. The law i requires that the time operatives shall i start and stop work be posted in each room In the mill on prescribed forms, and if the operative Is worked exceeding 11 hours any one day or 60 hours any one week he has the right to complain immediately to the commissioner and prosecution will be forthwith instituted in every Instance. "Under the law the mill can be run 24 hours out of every day if the management so desires, but the employment of the help must be so arranged that no man, woman or child is work- j ed exceeding the hours prescribed by law." Watson Appoints Twenty Delegates. Delegates to the National Conserva i tlon congress to be held In Washing- i ton May 2. 3 and 4 were appointed by E. J. Wataon. commissioner of agrl- ' culture, commerce and lndustlres. The following are the delegates: j A. C. Moore. Columbia; Earle Sloan, ! Charleston; J. E. Wannamaker, St Matthews; H. W. Harre, Clemson College; J. E. Slrrine. Greenville; Henry I N. Snyder, Spartanburg; J. A. McCul- , lough, Greenville; R. M. Cooper. Wlsacky ;D. R. Coker, llartsvllle; Rrlght Williamson, Darlington; W. C. Whitnor. Rock Hill; Samuel G. Stoney, Reld Whit ford. Charleston; Frank Evans. Spartanburg; August Kohn. Columbia; W. I>. Morgan, George-, town; Niels Christensen, Reaufort; , John B. Cleveland, Spartartburg; Joseph T. .Tohnaton, Greenville; Alan Johnstone, Sr.. Newberry. Estill Bank Receives Charter. The Commercial Hank of Estill has been chartered by the secretary of state with a capital of $2.r>.000. The |, ..ftt..- T a tifi.it uuitcio on-, j. n. wnnnnis, president; , W. F. Monor, vice-president, and W. E. Peeples secretary and treasurer. Mill School Inspector Pleased. George I). Brown, stato mill school inspector, returned to Columbia from Horse Creek Valley where he labored throughout the week In the interest of the mill schools in that section. TTn- j tiring efforts were crowned with the i voting of a 4 mill extra levy on nearly $1,000,000 of property In the Granltevflle district. Three cotton mill communities are embraced In the district, two In Granltevillo and one in Vaucluse, nearly three miles removed. The vote was 76 to 1 In favor of lh? lovy. Court to Review Antl-Compaot Act. \ Hearing on the petition of David B. Henderson of Charleston for an order to prevent the attorney general and the insurance commissioner from enforcing the terms of the anti-compact fire insurance act was held before the supreme court. The petitioner was represented at the hearing by T. Moultrie Mordecal. J. N. Nathans and A. T. Smyth of the Charleston bar. The state officials were represented by W. H. Townseud of the Columbia bar and Thomas H. Peeples. attorney general. The arguments bj the attorneys for both sides containpj many points and authorities. The demurrer of the attorney general charged that the petition did. not state facts sufficient for a onnao of action. After hearing the arguments the supreme court took the case under advisement. In the argument by the petitioner's attorneys it was charged that the Laney-Odom act violates several sections of the state constitution. In his argument to the court the attorney general stated that the petitioner "has not shown that he has been injured or is threatened with any injury by reason of the enforcement of the act of 1916 to prevent tire insurance companies or associations or partnerships doing a fire insurance business in this state to enter into any compact or combination with any other fire insurance companies, associations or partnerships, approved March 2, 1916; and he is not in a position to ask this court to consider or determine the constitutionality of this act. " The attorney general also stated that the respondents "would j welcome a decision from the court construing the act in question and directing them as to their duty thereunder." "The provision," said the attorney general, "for violations of the act is germane to its subject, and the act is not to be considered as unconsti- i tutlonal because there is no allusion to these provisions in Its title. j "The fact that penalties are Imposed for violation of the provisions of the net does not render these sections void as being without title; for it would be a natural complement to the act regulating the business of insurance to include any Just and proper provisions for enforcing the duties imposed upon the persons and companies afTocted and to prescribe penalties for the violation thereof." Attorneys for the petitioners contended that the anti-compact law confers upon the Insurance commissioner j both legislative and Judicial powers, "which under the constitution, can only be respectively exercised by the legislative and Judicial departments of the government of the state." It was also charged that the act deprives the petitioner of the "property without due process of law." P*111 rn c (Tmnr. ? I - - F. H. McMaster, insurance commissioner. returned from St. Ixiuis, where ( he attended a meeting of the National Association of Inauranec Commissioners. Many New Enterprises Chartered. The City Realty company of Char- | leaton has been commissioned, with a I capital of $5,000. The petitioners are ; Walter B. Wilbur and J. J .Murray. The Blshopvllle Lumber company of Bishopville has been commissioned, with a capital of $5,000. The peti tioners are L. J. Dixon and B. D. Parker. A charter has heen Issued to the Columbia Automobile Dealers' association with a capital of $f>00. The officers are: A. M. Gibbes. president; J. B. Roddey, vice president, and C. M. Asbill, secretary and treasurer. The secretary of state has issued a commission to the Burris Furniture company of Union, with a capital of Sf>,000. The petitioners are VV. H. Burris and Thomas McNally. The Pastime Amusement company of Lake City has been commissioned, with a capital of $2,000. The peti tioners are: A. Weaver. L. E. Ne smith, J. A. Matthews, J. M. Trulurk and C T. Dayman. The Industrial Building and Lran association of Georgetown has heen commissioned with a capital of $20,00 The nnHHnnni-o -? is.i ? i Itiu milium | Prioleau, J. B. BrockinKton, W. O. Simpson. G. \V. Howard and \V. J. Wilds. The Carolina Farms company of Anderson have been chart >red v ith a capital of $2f>,00ft. The office* s are: E. It. Horton, president r.nd treasprer; L. S. Horton, vice presi.lant, and W. P. Mtushnll, secretary. The secretary of state has issued a commission to the Allendale Auto j Repair company of Allendale with a capital stock of $1,200. The petition-' ers are IT. R. Erwln. J. M. Patterson and C. P. Collins. The secretary of state has Issued a commission to the Carolina Va..?i Stores company of Wnlterboro, with a capital of $2,000. The petitioners are J. II. Padgett and K. L. Denton. The O'Donnell Dry Goods company of Sumter has heen commissioned, with a capital of $r?,000. The peti tioncrs are Neill O'Donnell, Samuel Sanders and R. P. M naghan. The Columbia Clay company has been chartered with a capital of $200, 000. The officers are: Kdward H Titus, president; Eugene Evans, vlct president, and T. J. Evans, Jr., seer* tary and treasurer. SENATE WILL PASS RURAL CREDITS BILL PRESIDENT INSISTS THAT IT SHOULD BE ADOPTED BY THIS CONGRESS. FARMERS MUST HAVE HELP Tillman, Overman, Simmons and Other Southern Senators Approve Most Features of Bill. Washington.?The Senate has gone ;o work on the rural credits bill, a piece of legislation which President Wilson insists should be adopted by this session of Congress. There is little doubt but that the measure will I be passed by the Senate within a short time, now that work has begun. Senator Simmons was among the | number talking while the preliminary discussions were under way. With ! regard to the interest to be charged j by private institutions he said: "I | think it is possible to provide in this j bill as to limit the rate of interest ; | that those private institutions may | charge and do it by increasing the j ! security for the bonds they may issue, and then you would provide a very strong system." Senator Overman in commenting on the proposed legislation said: "I think rural credits legislation should : be enacted as early as possible. I do 1 not like some features of the bill now ' before the senate, but most of the : I provisions are all right. The farmer | must have better banking arrange- j meats. I am glad the President has this legislation on has program." "The banks are so full of deposits." ' sai?l Senator Tillmon, "that there is j no where for them to lend their ; money at a profit except to the farmers. I am in favor of a system at f a rate of five or six per cent by I which loans can be made on long i time mortgages on real estate." j INVASION OF IRELAND BY GERMANY IS FAILURE. 1 I Oaring Attempt to Land Arms on Ireland to Resist Against England. London.?A daring attempt by a German auxiliary to land arms in Irelnnd for the purpose of resistance I against England has resulted in the Hinking of the vessel and the capture of Sir Roger Casement, a leader of ; the Separatist faction in Ireland. The occurrence is without parallel I In the annals of Erin's -Isle and will send a shock of concern throughout 1 Great Britain. Though the members of the Seapratist faction had hailed the present war ac a golden oppor- j tunity for Islend to strike for freedom j from its allegiance to England, the ^ actual attempt will take rank as one of the most sensational develop- i ments of the titanic struggle. It was during the period between I the afternoon of April 20 and the af- j ternoon of April 21, says the official j anouncoment. that the attempt to land arms and ammunition In Ireland was ' made by a vessel under the guise of a neutral merchant ship, but in reality a German auxiliary, in conjunction with a German submarine. ? GERMAN PAPER BITTER IN RIDICULE OF NOTE Berlin, via Copenhagen to London? j i no niorgen Post devotes three col- : umna to "Wilson's numanity" in which it ridicules his assertions that ! humanity inspires the action of the United States and assails him for failure to proceed against Great Britain. "Truly the tone and contents of the new Wilson note, and the spirit it breathes." says the ^lorgen Post, "make it endlessly difficult for us Germans to remain calm." BRITISH STEAMER BOUND FOR NORFOLK IS SUNK London.?The British steamship Parisiana of 4.763 tons gross, has been sunk. The crew of the vessel was | landed. The Parisiana left Newport, J < England, April 20. bound for Norfolk. ] SEVEN VILLA BANDITS ARE CONDEMNED TO DIE Doming, N. M.?The seven Villa fol- [ owers who were captured after the | raid on "Columbus and convicted of i murder in tne first degree were con- ! domned to die May 19 by Judge Ed- ; i ward L. Mercer. The prisoners pleaded that they were ignorant of where they were go- i ing at the time of the raid and that j i they were forced to follow Villa under i i penalty of death. Six of the band'ts I i listened unmoved to the sentence. ! I FRENCH AVIATORS DROP SHELLS ON GERMAN LINES. London. ? Art'.llery bombardments alone are taking place on the French and Belgian fronts, the scenes of the ] greatest activity being the region of | Lemort Homme and the Argonne ] forest with the Germans the aggres- < sors in the former and the French in ( the latter sector. i French aviators in squadron forma- ( tions have dropped large numbers of 3hells on German positions at I^ongu 1 ron. Dun and near Montfaucou. CAPTAIN SMITH One of the officers of the Twentieth infantry ordered into Mexico in pursuit of Villa. GERMANY OFFERS DYES LACK OF DYE HAS SERIOUSLY AFFECTED AMERICAN TEXTILE MANUFACTURES. Bernstorff Delivers Note to Lansing Who is Arranging With England For Safe Transportation. Washington.?The German government has agreed to permit exportation to the United States of 15,000 tons of dyestuffs. lack of which has seriously affected American textile manufacturers. Notification to this efTect was contained in a note delivered by Ambassador von Bernstorff to Secretary Lansing. The communication explains that while Germany refused at first to permit exportation of dyestuffs unless exchanged for American goods now excluded from Germany by the British blockade, after careful consideration of the situation it has been seen "that this blockade has resultod in serious embarrassment to those American industries which are in need of dyestuffs." and the Imperial German Government now is prepared to make "a single exception" in permitting exportation in this instance. It is required only that the dyestuffs shall be consumed by Amerieun manufacturers and not re-exported to Great Britain or her Allies. CARRANZA ARMY BLOCKS ADVANCE OF U. S. SOLDIERS. Mexican Forces Are Moved to Pnrral Where Gen. Pershing is Located. Washington.?Have Carranza troops blocked further advance of United States troops near the Parral region? That the Carranza Administration will insist upon immediate withdrawal of our troops is indicated. That a clash is within the bounds of reasonable possibility is conceded. Reports from Mexico are reaching the State Department dally. As far as known, these tell of increased dim. culties surrounding the expedition BRYAN AT WASHINGTON TO HELP KEEP PEACE. Washington. ? William Jennings Bryan, former Secretary of State, has come to Washington. He said he had come to render any aid possible to prevent trouble between the United States and Germany. "I was on my way to New Orleans to deliver an address," he said, "when the news reached me that a crisis in the submarine controversy with Germany had arisen. 1 cancelled all engagements anil hurried to Washington, not with any definite plan, but in the hope that I could be of some assistance in preserving peace. "Since my arrival I have had several conferences with prominent Democrats. I expect to have more conferences within the next two days. Beyond that time my plans are in definite. "I am hoping for two things In this present grave situation -first that Germany will accede to the po-1 sition of the United States; second.) that if she does not. diplomatic relations will continue with a view to reaching an amicable settlement of I he trouble. RECORD CLASS WILL ENTER ANNAPOLIS IN JUNE. Washington. -Estimates ma do public by Secretary Daniels show that beween 5F>0 and ?>00 midshipmen, the largest class ever admitted in any tingle year, will enter the 191G class at \nnapolls in June. Examinations for tdmlssion have closed, 1,797 candi lutes having competed for admission The extraordinarily largo class is the esult of the recent act of Congrcs;/irtually doubling the membership of he Academy. EMPEROR HAS ! MOW ESGAPEj AUSTRIANS DROP BOMB AS CZAR ' IS REVIEWING RUSSIAN FORCLS. _ HURT IN PANIC THAT ENSUES General is Bitteerly Reprimanded For j Not Having Sufficient Airman to Guard the Ruler. Berlin, via wireless.?A narrow es- ' cape for Emnernr Nichniua nt u ? > < ? ' from bombs dropped by an Austrian airman is reported in Stockholm advices by the Overseas News Agency. "The Euiperor was reviewing the ! troops in company with General Iltus-1 silolT (comander of the Russian forces | on the southwestern front) when sud- ! I denly and Austro-Hungnrian liier ap-' I peared and dropped numerous bombs I | which lunded among the troops, who ! | tied in wild disorder." says the news agency statement. "The Emperor, according to the reports, was hurt and had a narrow escape, the incident causing him entirely to lose his selfpossession. In consequence, the re- p ports udded. General Grussiloft" was a bitterly reproached and General Ivan- . off was reculled to the southwestern j i front headquarters." I | AFTER HARMONIOUS WORK ARE ON VERGE OF CLASH. ; "??* Majority Leader Kitchen is Striving to Reach Working Agreement. Washington.?House Democrats and i O ......1.11 - ? >s|>uui?.iiiin, aner naving worked together harmoniously for four and u f half months, are on the verge of a clash over the legislative program for the remainder of the session. The majority, because of carrying out the wishes of the house in pushing through the Philippine and ship- |( ping bills as quickly as possible, is n threatening to invoke drastic rules o which will insure the measures right l a of way. The minority while making n 110 threats are conducting what ap- c pears to be a mild filibuster on the 1 agricultural appropriation bill and n urging consideration of the fortiflca- d Hons or appropriation measures in I lieu of the President's special moas- t ures. v j Minority Leader Mann says he is ! willing to come to an agreement with ( i the Democrats but that "the White y House can't tell us what we must do" ' and he is waiting for the Democrats (J I to make the next move. In the meanj time the Democrats are having many conferences in Majority Leader Kitchin's office in an endeavor to reach a _ working agreement while on the lloor ( such problems as poisoning coyotes. ngnung the hessian tly and preserving v j the buffalo are being discussed at | lenth. j, GERMANS SINK ITALIAN AND FRENCH STEAMERS. 1 r London. ? The Italian steamer Jo- ' seph Agost Tcherzec has been sunk by a German submarine. The crew 11 l was landed. Lloyds announces that the French C bark Chanaral. of 2.47t? tons gross, w^s torpedoed on Saturday morning. The crew is believed to have been saved. v The captain and lt? hands of the 1 British steamer Feliciana, 4.277 tons 1 gross, have been picked up by a ' steamer, according to a Lloys report. 1 Search is being made for the remain- 1 (] der of the crew. The Feliciana is a .. loiai toss. Another report says none ' of the crew has been saved. { REPORTS THAT VILLA HAS BEEN LOCATED. ' v Presidio. Texas.?A messenger has ( reached Ojinaga. opposite here, with ( the report that Villa is at Agua Chill. ^ 100 miles south of Ojinaga in the (| Ganiaro district with 200 followers. One luindred and fifty Carranza sol- < diers are encamped on tiie Chonehas , Itiver about four miles from Ojinaga s n LO?EZ, ONE OF VILLA S LEADERS. IS CAPTURED p El Paso. Tex.?Pablo Lopez. Villa lieutenant held responsible for the < murder of 17 Americans at Santo s Ysabel and who was shot through both G legs in the raid on Columbus, N. M., ti was captured by Carranza forces near o the scene of his crime, according to s information received by General Gavlra. commandant at Juarez. Mos " -ices from ilic M,.v ? i ??' > operator at Santa Ysabel saiil that he ' himself had seen Lopez. '' GERMANS DRIVEN OUT OF NEWLY-WON TRENCHES 11 11 Horlin. via London. The German forces were compelled to evacnati newly-won trenches on the Langc marck-Ypres road 0:1 account of high floods, which in. ! the consolidation >f the position imnossible nirnpiiin? to u statement issued by the German ( War Office. A hard grennte attack made by the KnKlisn south of i^t. Kloi v >viis repulsed. Frcn< h trenches on the oft bank of the Mouse east of Haul court were captured CAPT. FRANK R. M'COY Captain McCoy ?* one of the com>any commander* *' " the Third cav- j dry. LAST WORD TO GERMANY AMERICA ANXIOUSLY AWAITS REPLY FROM IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT. ? Jresident Tells Congress Germany Must Accede to Demands to Prevent Breaking of Relationship. Washington. ? President Wilson's ' ong-expucted final warning to CJer- j naiiy mat the United States will break iff diplomatic relations unless she bandons her present methods of subtiarine warfare, and immediately tielares her intention to do so. was do-1 Ivered in u note to Berlin and was an-1 lounced hy the President in an adress to a joint session of Congress, i The President demands nothing less ban the abandonment of submarine warfare against commerce. j Both the President's address and he American note declare in unequiocal terms that only by Germany needing to the demand can the breaking IT of relations he prevented. The President considers that the ext step depends solely upon Cleraany and that three or four days onstitute a reasonable time for a eply. He is willing to discuss how uhmarine warfare may be conducted rithin the limits of international law { ,nd humanity after (! rtnan.v aban- , Ions her present methods. Diplomatic history records but one | nstance as yet where a breaking of elations between two first class I'ow i rs has not eventually brought warhat which now exists between Ger- i nany and Italy. j 5ENERAL HUGH SCOTT GOES TO MEXICAN BORDER Wonhln.ln.. -- .? i>.'iiiu(,iuh. urci.-'iuil UK III vithdrawal of American troops for 1 0 days unless there are new out- < neaks against tlie forces in Mexico i o compel immediate action. This was ! nade clear when St cretary Baker dis- i latched Maj. Gen. Hugh G. Scott, chief if staff to tlie border as his personal epresentatlve to make a complete retort on the military problems conrouting General Funston. The administration's final action on ieneral Garranza's suggc tion that he expedition be recalled probably trill be liased largely on liis rejiort. ieneral Scott, who left Washington onight will hardly he able to comilete his observations in less than 10 | ays. Secretary Baker described General leott's mission as being t?? arson)bit* omplete information on the i?orn?*r ituation for the use of the departlent. ORCEFUL ADDRESS OF WILSON TO CONGRESS. Washington President Wilson told 'engross, assembled in joint so don hortly after 1 oVloek, he hnd given lern.any a llnal irrevocable notiflcalon that the t'nited States will break tT diplomatic relations if her illegal iibmarine campaign is continued. A note. Air. rica's la-t word, praeicallv an ultimatum, and demanding 11 imnu diate reply, presumably wa 1 the Berlin foreign office as the resident was speaking. It was declared in accordance with j ie President's plan to have it before ie German govt rnmcnt at the same inment he was addres dug the Ameriin Congress. LATE NEWS IN BRIEF Washington. William M. Ingrahani, >rmer mayor of Portland, Maine, has ( en selected hy President Wilson for ssistant Secretary of War. The noinlation has been signed. Later it was >nt to the senate. PARRAL INCIDENT FAR FROM SETTLED REPORT THAT MEXICAN OFFICIALS WARNED GEN, PERSHING TO STOP. FELIX DIAZ NOW TROUBLES Starts Revolution Against De Facto Government.?Diaz Movement Has Money Backing. Washington.?While immediate interest naturally centers in the situation as to the troops in Mexico there were renewed indications about the State Department that a wholly different aspect of the Mexican problem was causing growing concern. That is the movement supposedly headed by Felix Diaz, nephew of the former Mexican dictator, for a new revolution against the de facto Government. None of the information upon which the uneasiness rests has been disclosed. It is known, however, that several Mexicans in the United States are being closely watched and it is possible that some of tbe anti-American feeling in Chihuahua state which lias met the troops pursuing Villa may be attributed to this movement. It is admitted that official dispatches had carried as a rumor the report that Mexican officers had warned General Pershing not to proceed south of Parral. It was learned at the State Department that a report to this I effect was transmitted some ilavs tie Sore the 1'arral incident through consular agents. Mr. Baker insisted that the warning had made no change in the department's orders to the border forces. It was indicated that a reply to General Carranza's telegram regarding the clash at Parral and asserting that the American Government had violated his orders and the agreement with the de facto government in entering the town would he dispatched soon. War Department officials say the report on the incident from General Pershing. Major Tompkins and other officers is now complete; It has been withheld from publication be| cause of the flat contradiction it contains of the Mexico City advices from General Carranza as to the part his , j troops played in the lighting. With this report as a basis, the Parral inci] dent will be treated as a matter en| tirely separate from the suggestion of the de facto government that the | troops be withdrawn. RUSSIA CLOSES ARTIC AND WHITE SEA PORTS. Purely Military Measure For Purpose of Movement of Troops. Washington.?Russia Embassy dispatches announcing the closing of Arctic and White Sea ports offer no explanation. It was said at the Embassy that the suspension of traffic will he complete except in the c ase of vessels carrying government cargoes and even in that case they can secure admission to the ports only by special permit from Petrograd. It is assumed by officials here that the closure is a purely military measure incident to the use of ports for embarkation for the heavy Russian reinforcements going forward to France. The necessity of guarding the troops transports has obliged the Russian government to regard as enemy vessels all but government-owned or chartered ships, and to reduce to a minimum the danger nf ^f??trnvinp nr?ntr?1 trouunlu Mw% ... ...r? vo.n to mu |Ail 19 have been closed. BODY DUG UP NOT THAT OF GENERAL VILLA. "Meld Headquarters of General Pershing by wireless to Columbus, N. M. American military authorities detailed to investigate the report that the body recently disinterred at San Francisco Horju was lhat of Francisco Villa reported that they were unable t > obtain confirmation. PRESIDENT AND MRS. WILSON VISIT SAYRE BABY. Philadelphia. The President and Mrs. Wilson arrived here and spent an hour with the President's d^nighter. Mrs. Francis 15. Sayre, and his uirilllUI .IXSDII Sayi'e. horn in Jefferson Hospital, this city, March 2?J. it was unonunced that the grand child weighed eight and a half pounds. Mrs. Wilson was Hi von a photograph .>1' tin* hahy. ORDuRS TO SPEED UP WORK ON U. S. FLEET. Washington.?Orders to speed up repair and overhaul work on vessels of the \tlantio tleet have been sent to :!i" commandant of the various navy yards hy Secretary Daniels. In case of labor shortage the commandants are instructed to expedite tlac work hy employing the ships' personnel. The move was explained as a "preparedness test." the execution of which would illustrate how quickly the vessels could be restored to normal.